14I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.


In Context

11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don't know about.

12 They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.

14 I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.

15 But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn't know it. They tore at me, and didn't cease.

16 Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.

Psalm 35:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:14I behaved myself as though [he had been] my friend [or] brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth [for his] mother.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

35:14I went about mourning as though for my friend or brother. I bowed my head in grief as though weeping for my mother.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

35:14As a neighbour and as an own brother, so did I please : as one mourning and sorrowful so was I humbled.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

35:14I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:14I behaved myself as though he had been a friend, a brother to me; I bowed down in sadness, as one that mourneth for a mother.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

35:14I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:14I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

35:14As if a friend, as if my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:14I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourns for his mother.